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Mum has told her boss that she’s injured her back again. It’s not a total lie, I suppose. She’s always had issues with it. God knows how long she’ll have to stay off work. Permanently? That’s why it feels so nice to be back at college. The real world. A place where normal people, with normal problems go. No Tonys. No Mums. And especially no Bens.
Today, I was even able to tolerate Mrs Rogers’ English class. Normally an hour staring at a white-board, having to listen to her waffle on about literary techniques and Dylan Thomas is enough to fry anyone’s brain. But not me. Right now I’ll gladly take the distraction.
The canteen seems more crowded and noisier than usual. Don’t know why. Perhaps I’ve never noticed it before. Too engrossed in gossip and social media. Now those things seem s
